Consolidate or Perish: Largest Japanese Freight Ship Companies to Combine Container Shipping Operations

Nippon Yusen K.K. — market cap as of 11/11/2016: ¥326.51bn (€2.94bn) Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. — market cap as of 11/11/2016: ¥320.87bn (€2.89bn) Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. — market cap as of 11/11/2016: ¥225.45bn (€2.03bn) Introduction On October 31, Nippon Yusen K.K., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha reached Read more…

3 Italia Finally Listening to The WIND of Change: Sparks of Consolidation in the European Telecom Industry

Hutchison Holding (2CK.F) – market cap. as of 23/09/2016: HKD387bn VimpelCom Ltd (VIP) – market cap. as of 23/09/2016: $6.17bn Iliad S.A. (ILD) – market cap. as of 23/09/2016: €10.9bn Introduction On August 6, 2015 CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. and VimpelCom Ltd. agreed to combine their Italian subsidiaries, 3 Italia Read more…

Mondelez International and Master Blenders to form the world’s leading pure-play coffee company

Mondelez International, Inc. Market Cap (as of 08/05/14) $64.28bn D.E Master Blenders 1753 Market Cap (as of 08/05/14) N/A Mondelez International Inc and its competitor D.E Master Blenders 1753 have agreed to merge their coffee businesses, forming a new company aimed at taking on the market leader Nestle SA and Read more…